Improvement in fences



A. GOSN'ELL.

FENCE.

No. 191,422. v PatentedMay 29, 1877.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

ALEXANDER GOSNELL, OF DOWNEYVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOB OF ON E- HALF HISRIGHT TO BENJAMIN F. MASON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 191,422, dated May 29,1877; application filed March 29, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER GosNELL,ofDowneyville, Decatur county, Indiana, have invented a new and usefulFence, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to an improved construction of those compositefences whose lower portions consist of stone, and whose upper portionsconsist of wood, firmly united to the former by means of metallicclamps.

Such clamps, so far as known, have always necessitated the use of boltsor keys to secure or tighten the clamping-bar, and more or lessperforation of the wooden or stone member, or both, thus lDVOlVlllgexpense and labor too great for their practical or extensive use byfarmers.

In addition to avoiding these defects, my fence has the advantage ofbeing self-fastening, by the simple weight of the wooden orsuperincumbent portions of the fence, and, while proof againstdisturbance by animals, my fence possesses the advantage of beingreadily separated by human agency, so as to be, so far as its woodenportion is concerned, portable.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view, showing asection of fence having posts constructed on my plan. Fig. 2

is an end view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my link.

A represents a series of stones or rocks, which may be dressed roughlyto an upward taper, as shown, or may be selected in the naturalcondition having sufficient approximation to the same form.

B represents ordinary wooden posts of a panel.

represents iron links of rectangular form, which being engaged the stoneA and post B, the weight of the latter with its rails operates totightly bind or Wedge the parts together, in the manner shown.

While preferring a rectangular transverse section for the members A andB, they may, nevertheless, be of semicircular or other form, the linkbeing modified to correspond.

I claim as new and of my invention- The composite fence composed oftapering stone base A, plain metallic link 0, and gravitating woodenpanel B, substantially asset forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

ALEXANDER GOSN ELL. Attest:

GEo. H. KNIGHT, J. H. MASON.

